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jiwmtw Mm/q Qm. IMAM M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MARY E. THOMPSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES D. THOMPSON, OF SAME PLACE.

PORTABLE DUST-HOOD AND BLOWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 328,087, dated October 13, 1885.

Application filed December 9, 1884. Serial No. 149,908. (No mddol.)

ment in Portable Combined Dust-Hoods and Blowers for Open Fire-Places or Grates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making apart of this specification;

The object of my said invention is to provide a portable hood to confine the dust, ashes, and smoke which are caused to arise by the taking up of ashes in grates, removing the cinders therefrom, cleaning such grates, 830., in open fire-places, to such fire-places, and preventing such dust, ashes, and smoke from escaping into the room and settling upon the walls or furniture thereof, or permeating or disfiguring any of the articles,useful and ornamental, contained in such room,and at the same time to adapt such hood to act as ablower,when desired.

The fact is well recognized that great discomfort and inconvenience of the person and injury to property is caused by the arising, escape, and distribution of dust, dirt, ashes, and smoke throughout a room every time the grate is cleaned or-disturbed, especially when coal is used as a fuel; and the object of my invention is, principally, to avoid these effects by the use of a blower so constructed that it can be extended,when desired, to form a hood of any desired size, and can thus be applied to any of anumber of fireplaces having grates of different sizes. Forthis purpose I form a hood, preferably of sheet-iron; but it can be made of paper or other suitable material, so its rear end or side will fit closely or impinge against the mantel, or immediately in or above the fire-opening, and will extend out into the room above the grate about eighteen inches, or as far as it is necessary or may be desirable. The side of this hood should extend downward about to the top of the bars of the grate. This hood may be held in place by any suitable means, as by eyes upon the rear side of the hood fitting into permanent hooks formed in the mantel-frame, or bya broad hook or clamp upon the rear side of the hood, so that itmay be hooked or clamped into the fire-place, as

shown. These supports may be so constructed that when necessary they can be lengthened or shortened, and the hood can be formed in hinged or sliding sections, preferably at the side sections, so that it can fold or slide together, so as to form an ordinary blower and be used only for the purpose of a blower.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my hood in position for use upon the mantel or grate, Abeing the hood, which may be square or oval in shape; and B, the preferable form of support when the hood is in place; 0 O, the sliding section to form the blower.

Fig. 2 represents another form of support and sectional adjustment. Catches and pins are provided, as shown, upon the side sections, engaging with each other,and enabling the sections to be readily drawn out into their extended positions,wherethey are held by the friction and mutual strain of the parts upon each other.

In operation as a hood it is placed in position as shown in Fig. 1. The operator can then remove all the contents of the grate to the scuttle standing under the hood, or clean out the grate, as it may be desired, and no dust or ashes will or can escape into the room, as it is either deflected up the chimney or falls immediately down and is brushed back into the fire-place.

This portable dust-hood and blower can be carried from room to room, and one hood will serve the purpose of awhole house. No exact fit is requisite, and a hood suitable for the largest grate in the house will answer well for the smaller grates.

I do not intend to confine myself to the exact form of detailed devices for holding the hood or blower in place, or of the hinged or folding sections thereof, as they can be easily attached without in the least changing my invention.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A portable dust-hood and blower having sides formed in sections, pivoted together at one end, the front of the blower being composed of a single sheet, substantially as described and shown.

2. A portable dust-hood and blower having a front composed of a single sheet, sides formed in sections, pivoted together at one end, and stops and catches upon the side sections, engaging with each other and operating to effect the extension of the sections, substantially as described and shown. I

3. In a combined dust-hood and blower, the combination of a front piece, sides made in sections, said side sections being pivoted toi gether at one end thereof, and an eye attached IO to the upper part of the front piece for supporting the blower over the grate, substantially as described and shown.

MARY E. THOMPSON.

Vitnesses:

HETTA M. HAYNES, ELLA O. BACON. 

